BLIND GUILD ON FIRE
400 Led To Safety . fNZP4 ' Rcuter —c°pincM) NEW YORK. October 11. reported. Twenty Are mein— police emergency balances were called to the ,* een ? when flames began breaking through the not at y* four-*orey Jewish Guild lor the Blind building. Firemen, who brought the «**«• control on hour there were no MMnediate reports of inJunes. The tnOdtac houses one of largest libraries <rf Braille books. vJ’* *• *« reported to nave broken out in a thirdfloor area where blind workere make toys, and then to have spread upward. The adminiMrative director tor the guild, Mrs S yp"“cto said frequent fire had accustomed the blind workers to quick evacxatton of the building, so that there was po panic. The budding housed wxxfcanops, offices, recreation area*, kennels for seeing-eye togs, and schools for blind
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29643, 13 October 1961, Page 9
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